Following eight years being developed, the world’s biggest plane, capable to land on the water, plane has taken to the skies in China for its maiden flight. The AG600, codenamed Kunlong, serenely burned through one-hour flying at a height of 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) before securely arriving back at the Jinwan Civil Aviation Airport in Zhuhai.

This enormous plane, around the span of a Boeing 737 with a wingspan of 38.8 m (127 ft) and a fuselage extending 39.6 m (130 ft), has been intended for a variety of applications in China, from civil rescue and firefighting capacities to military guard purposes in the questioned of South China Sea.

The design is being applauded as a point of interest for Chinese aviation engineering with 98 percent of all the plane’s segments being made inside the nation.

“It demonstrates that the improvement of common aeronautics industry in our nation was lifted to another level and that our ability of free innovative work around there has expanded by a major edge,” says Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Miao Wei.

It’s difficult to discuss monster land and/or water capable planes without specifying the granddaddy of all, the infamous Spruce Goose from the 1940s. Despite the fact that the Kunlong is just a small amount of the span of this infamous dream venture from unpredictable tycoon Howard Hughes, it has surely surpassed the Spruce Goose’s concise 26-second maiden flight.

The Kunlong’s capacity to take off and land on water makes it an unbelievably helpful aircraft and the Chinese architects recommend the plane can securely work on oceans with up to two-meter-high (6.5-ft) waves. The plane’s maiden water flight is set to occur in the next 6 months.